Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

John Perkins wrote “Confessions of an Economic Hit man” this was a huge risk.

  

The book exposed the ways in which the corporations of the United States benefit from smaller under developed countries. It revealed events that changed the history of such countries had an involvement from the U.S or its companies. Detailed explanations about the process used to talk with the heads of state in order to persuade them to take the option created by the economic hit man. If it failed they would spark disturbances or revolutions on the inside of the small nation. When this was unsuccessful they would send the Jackals to terminate the head of state therefore pressuring the country to a complete change of policy and president. Rarely this would fail, but when it did they would send American troops to take matters into their own hands.

 One lasting impact of the revealing of the presented information is the change of perception from the outside countries about the United States. The country that preaches about spreading freedom and democracy around the world is now presented as an imperialist country that takes advantage of countries that try to nationalize its resources.

Another consequence of this process is the creations of coup d’états and revolutions that changed the history of the countries in which this events happened. Would the situations in many of these countries would be different? Would the reprecutions of these actions ,like wars and clashes of ideals, be over by now?. These are all questions of “What if “ That we will never know the answer now.